Twilight

The following is fictional and bears no relation to actual events. But not the bits which have me *headdesking* in recollection. If there is any distinguishing factor that unites lower-school high-school Philosophy teachers, it is the Philosophical problem of The Human Centipede. A problem that we really could do quite well without. No, I am [...]

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Podblack Finds For 26th March 2010

by podblack on March 26, 2010

Out today — new Skeptic Zone episode! Hope you enjoy the interview I conducted with Julian Morrow of the Chaser — there’s a shorter version that previously featured on the Token Skeptic podcast. Ooh, my much-loved Digital Cuttlefish has commemorated my work  in verse, again — Skeptic’s Circle out at their site now! Things I’m [...]

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From That Guy With the Glasses.

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Little Kitten – Buffy Vs Edward

by podblack on June 22, 2009

Good morning Monday! Lots of work this week, so I’m going to see about firmly setting some dates for some VERY science-related blog posts and dedicate the rest of my time to cleaning up, sorting out, filling in and talking about getting the final leg of work completed. In the meantime: In this remixed narrative, [...]

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I’m far too busy to be on the internet at the moment – but couldn’t pass this one up. Douglas Adams meant a lot to me, as you could probably tell by the Skeptic Zone interview with Stephen Fry. Douglas Adams, back in the day, was responsible for some of the game-play (and probably all [...]

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Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day!

by podblack on January 26, 2009

No, I’m not talking about Dakota Fanning playing Jane in another Twilight movie, ‘New Moon’ (although I was reminded by Naontiotami that she’s appearing in psychic-sci fi film called Push, which I noticed last year)… It’s actually Bubble Wrap Day! I remember when I was first introduced to the idea of ‘tension sheets’, thanks to [...]

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I’m going to tell you a little behind-the-scenes info about this blog. I’ve been getting at least five searches every day for: “Tiffany Day” “Tiffany Day Skeptic Zone” I suspect this has something to do with the mention of ‘the world’s hottest skeptic‘ (which, if you listened to the New Year’s episode, is in fact [...]

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First – if you’re keen on blog carnivals and writing about academia – get your entries into Praxis Carnival, out on the 15th January here at Podblack.com – details as follow: The carnival is intended to cover all aspects of life as an academic, whether it’s the lifestyle, career progress, doing a Ph.D., getting funding, [...]

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